Tufted cushion.



No. 682,654. f Patented sept. I7, mol. n J. wAnn., f

TUFTED CUSHION.

(Application led Kay 1l. 1901.1

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WARD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TOTHE KRAMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

"TUFTED CUSHION.

srnerrrenrrren forming pere of Letters Patent No. 682,654, dated september 17, 1901.

Application filed Mey 11, 1901,

To @ZZ whom; it may concern/.-

Beit known thatl, JOHN WARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tufted Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a means for producing' a rounded or stitched-edge effect upon the edges of tufted cushions when they are secured in place upon a seat,- couch, or the like without stitching the same. This object is attained by the means described in the annexed specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of apart ofl a tufted cushion embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical detail View of Ithe same secured in place uponla seat.

Referringto the parts, cover A, lling B, backing or burlap O,tuftingbnttonsD,and the style of the tufts or cells a of the cushion may be the same as those now in use, and therefore need not be more specifically described. Before the cushion is laid upon the seat strips E of exible material are secured to the burlap at points within the outside rows-of tufting-buttons. These strips may consist of waste burlap and are secured, preferably, next to the burlap beneath the washers d of the next to the last rows of tufting-buttons. The laster edge rows of tufting-buttons are left without washers.

After the cushion with the iiexible mate- Serial No. 59)'730. (No model.)

frame f of the springs F, the Iiexible strips E are drawn taut, and the prongs of the last or edge row of tufting buttons are passed through and bent down upon the strips before the cover is tacked to the frame of the seat. The strips hold the button drawn inward, producing the rounded effect upon the edges of the cushion and holding the buttons retracted, so that they do not touch the occupant of the seat.

1. In combination with a cushion of the character described flexible strips secured to the backing at points within` the last row of tufting-buttons to be secured to said buttons 'after the cushion has been laid upon a frame to draw them in beneath the frame and form rounded edges upon the cushion and said frame, substantially as shown and described.,

JOHN WARD.

Witnesses ANDREW KRAMER, ELIZABETH RAINEY. 

